. >> thank you, board president, wong, my name is charles smith. i'm the attorney. i represent the lucky group. we appeal the notice of violation in the finding that lucky check cashing was operating without the required conditional use authorization. the predicate for that finding for the finding z a was that this business was a new fringe financial service therefore requiring such a conditional use authorization. our argument as setforth in our brief and as i will articulate here tonight is that this business not a new business and had operated continuously without disruption in that location for almost 20 years. i have a map which i hope will display. may i use the overhead? >> yes. >> i have extra copies that would be easier for the commissioners to view them. >> i would like an extra copy. >> there are six there. as our map sets forward. the business was operated at location no. 1, 4929 mistreat from 1984 to july of 1998. it moved to mission street which operated until july of 2007. the history of the maendz -- amendments to the substitute -- statute which are

charles barkley and kenny smith are joining us. also with us on the phone, omeka okeafor who played with collins last year for the washington wizards. charles, were you surprised by this? what was your reaction? >> the first thing, i was happy for jason, because you know, people should get to be who they want to be. but knowing player in the nba, i think anybody who thinks t never played with a gay player is an idiot. i played with several gay players. it's their own business. i think they should get to be who they want to be. >> omeka, i know you got a call before the article came out. what did he say to you? >> he just basically told me that an article's coming out and that he wanted to tell me over the phone before it came out that he was gay. >> my immediate reaction was i just felt for him. i just imagined what he was going through holding that secret and i was just glad he could finally get it off his chest. >> kenny, you're a former nba player. why do you think it's taken so long for someone in one of the four major sports to

nba hall of famer charles barkley, kenny smith and omeka okeafor join us for a history-making night ins becoming a true pioneer, the first big league male athlete to say he's gay. >>> also tonight, breaking news. female dna found on the boston bomb parts. female dna, as the fbi takes dna samples from the home of the dead suspect's widow. >>> we begin with that ground-breaking day in u.s. sports. nba center jason collins today became the first active player in a major american team sport to come out publicly. the 34-year-old free agent made the announcement in an essay for "sports illustrated." the fact collins took this step on his own makes the news more

she and her boyfriend, a former volume even leer fireman, charles r. smithere arrested early yesterday morning, police pulling them over not far from the latest crime scene, an abandoned house in melfa. >> we are confident that they are responsible for the majority of the fires set since november 12th of last year. all of the fires have targeted abandoned or vacant property, residential and commercial structures. we've been very, very fortunate that no one was injured in any of these arsons. >> reporter: the woman has her court date today, smith's hearing was postponed for some reason. he should be making a court appearance soon. both are going to become familiar faces at that courthouse. police say more charges are coming and anyone with any information who could help investigators who are still work th-g case should call the virginia state police. back to you. jenna: rick, thanks. gregg: the key feature of president obama's healthcare law promising help for small business owners? well it's not going to be ready on time, maybe never, who knows. but the dela

it is time for our nightly blitz with sandra smith then charles payne.erally blitzed. the splement. the first issue is twitter. it is scoring very big deals will also scaring a lot of folks in the process. a reort yesterday of a terrorist attack on the white house asset stocks into a momentary tailspin. just the latest. another said that in the press is good press, but i cannot imagine this cathe press would be good. >> twitter is really in a huge position of power by. they're also ling credibility because right now traders on the floor did immediately react to the ap feedhat popped up on that twitterount. and now turning into a situation where traders, before the act and alive to go unverifiable nation that they see pop up. so while there -- neil: this to do tha anyway. that sgests the common-sense. >> here's the irony. they're probably verified on twitter. there learning how monetize all this stuff. billing in this sort of thing. it actually triggers an algorithm. probably not the right phrase, that gets you what enss. still, is scary. >> those algorit

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joining us tonight charles barkley and kenny smith. also with us on the phone, he played with collins last season for the wizards. or you surprised by this? what was your reaction? >> the first thing i was happy for jason because people should get to be who want to be. but a player in the nba, anyone the things they have not played with a gay player is an idiot. i have played with gay players and they should get to be is a want to be. >> i know you've got a call before the article came out. what did he say to you? >> he basically told me that an article was coming out and he wanted to tell me that he was gay before it came out. >> what was your reaction. ! my immediate reaction was that i felt for him. holding that secret, i was glad he got off his chest. >> why you think it has taken so long for someone in one of the four major sports to come out? >> i think first of all, the question about his sexuality is not often asked of most people and i am always surprised to see that people think the percentage of people in the world who are a

. >> charles, we were also listening to dr. george smith who headed up the ems response there.ot a sense. before the break, we got a sense of the different hats that each one of those many of the residents have to wear. you brought up the mayor also being a fireman. also knowing the people quite well, perhaps, they are trying to help. >> absolutely right. the mayor protem, when he arrived on the scene, according to newspaper reports has told the firefighters unaccounted for, he grabbed his face with his hands and bent over in agony. he knew many of the men who are now missing from that fire team. >> the numbers you gave us from hillcrest hospital. 94 patients treated. admitting 19. if we do our math there, over 100 clearly, that would have been injured, based at least on those numbers, perhaps. how are the facilities? how are the hospitals in the areas, being able to respond to this catastrophe there in the large number of patients? >> there are a ton of centers, of course, in waco and in temple. you have the renowned scott and white hospital. and in dallas, you have parkman ho

smith, thank you very much. lori: who doesn't love a stock tip. time to make money with charles payne.are talking motorhomes. charles: do you guys have an rv? i got the biggest one they had. in birmingham, they pulled me over. the state trooper looked up at me and i was all nervous. he said, pick a lane. then he just walked away. [ laughter ] charles: i could not control that thing. it was a beast. it is up today. i think it is sort of trading in tandem with harley-davidson. you look at the five-year chart, except this one is more volatile. with the ceo said that i thought was really telling, they continue to outpace the history. the street is looking at $0.27. just a month ago, they were looking at 19 sense. lori: are sales of winnebago still as robust? charles: in the 1950s? [ laughter ] charles: they are not recession proof, but they have been a lot more resilient than a whole lot of others. melissa: the airlines are such a mess right now. all we are talking about are the delays. you might as well get a winnebago. let check on the markets. nicole petallides is on the new york stock

smith there, describing the situation, as he was on scene. he was the head of the ems, the emergency response team that was there on the ground. and, charles hadlock, as we look at the pictures just after the explosion, as they were addressing the injured on the ground. blood everywhere. it seems not only on the eyewitness that we had listened to about 15 minutes ago. but also now, this doctor, with blood all over his face. and just give us a sense of some of the injuries described so far today and how they're dealing with them going forward? >> we haven't been close enough to see it. we saw the aerials of the triage area that was set up on the high school football field. dozens of ambulances from all over the region were there. doctors, nurses, helicopters from dallas and ft. worth and as far away as waco, 20 miles away, all here, assisting the injured. a huge triage area. suddenly, they realized that they're too close to the plant. the plant was still on fire. there were tanks of anhydrous ammonia nearby. it was too dangerous to stay there. they moved the triage to a baseball diamond south of town. and we were told that all of the injure

charles osgood. >> osgood: jeremy irons commanded attention in the film "reversal of fortune." now he's going all out to draw our attention to the crippling mountains of trash he sees in our future. tracy smithhing personal to finish. >> reporter: in the 1995 movie die hard with a vengeance, jeremy irons was pure evil. an urbane and elegant bad guy. as simon gruber, he terrorized pre-9/11 new york city practically in the shadow of the still intact world trade center towers. scary stuff. >> waste is everywhere at ever-increasing levels. >> reporter: but that was nothing compared to his latest film. >> waist from the ancient leb and he's city has been brought to an uncontrolled dump on the edge of the city. >> reporter: in the new documentary "trashed," irons shows us the terrifying possibility of a future world buried in its own garbage. >> what was a sandy beach has been replaced by a trash >> what was a sandy beach has been replaced by a trash mountain. well over 40 meters in height. >> reporter: after doing the documentary, how conscious are you when you walk down the street of trash? >> well, i mean, this part of new york is wonderful. there's no trash in sight. and i think it's a case of